The government of Russia has announced that it would provide 100% scholarship for 100 Indian students interested in pursuing graduate courses in medical and engineering in Russia.
It has further announced that eligible and interested Indian candidates can apply for the same.
Kennedy Rogalev, Deputy Ambassador, South Indian Russian Federation Consulate shared in this regard on Wednesday (3rd April):
‘Thousand of Indian students are pursuing higher studies in Russia. The Russian Government has been undertaking initiatives to encourage the Indian students o pursue higher studies in Russia, As a part of this, scholarships are awarded every year. Accordingly, the Russian government scholarship scheme for the academic year 2019-20 is being announced. A decision has been taken to award 100% scholarship, for100 Indian students, pursuing graduation courses on Aeronautical Technology, Medical, and Engineering.
Eligible candidates may register by visiting the website - http://russia.study.ru. The selected candidates will be given free education. Generally, scholarships have been traditionally awarded to the students pursuing their graduation course in the Russian language. However, for this academic year, the Moscow Physics and Technology University and Tomsk Polytechnic College have come forward to award scholarships for the Indian students pursuing graduate coure=ses in the English language as well!
For additional information, please call - 044 - 2499 0050. Otherwise, one may visit/contact the Russian Cultural Centre in Chennai.’
During this session, the Assistant Envoy Yuri S. Bilov and the Managing Director of Study Abroad Educational Consultants, C, Ravichandran also participated.